“I’m taking all of my daughters to New York…” she said, with a childlike glimmer in her eyes. A glimmer that, after sixty-five years, has ceased to fade. To this day, every facet of life still enchants her. Seeing each of her five daughters grow into beautiful women, producing offspring that allow her to cyclically […]

My sister took a short drag from her cigarette, and placed it roughly in the ash tray. I admired the way she smokes… confidently, with an air of masculinity. And not compulsively. She’s the type who can pick up a cigarette a couple nights of the week, and not feel the impetus toward smoking every […]